Family & Consumer Studies 21 Nutrition

L.A. MISSION COLLEGE

FAMILY & CONSUMER STUDIES 21 – NUTRITION

PROFESSOR JACKIE BERG, M.S.Office Hour: Monday, 11:30 AM-12:00 PM

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Class meets: Monday,12:10-3:20 P.M., HFAC 107, Section #28325

Course Description: Nutrition is the science that deals with the role of nutrients in the human body. These scientific concepts are related to individual needs during the changing life cycles. Interrelationships of nutrients are evaluated for promotion of optimum health.

Course Text & Packet:

• NUTR, 2ndEd., McGuire and Beerman, 2017, ISBN#10: 1-111-57929-6.

Textbook bundled with Diet Analysis Plus access code.

• PINK PACKET of essential material for lectures, homework and assignments.
• Both Textbook and Packet can be purchased at the Bookstore OR online.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Interpret and utilize the My Plate standard nutrition tool in making healthier choices for a balanced diet plan and being able to analyze their diet plan with the Diet Analysis Plus software.
• Identify and understand how nutrients are utilized in the human body and how to choose the appropriate balance of these nutrients to reap the most benefit.
• Develop knowledge of food safety standards and how to implement them in home or business.

Student Learning Outcomes:

1. PROBLEM SOLVING AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION:

Students will create a 3-day food diary and then perform analysis of this diary utilizing the Diet Analysis Plus computer program. The results of this analysis will enable students to demonstrate the ability to solve problems by examining, using and evaluating their food intake compared to the My Plate guidelines. Evidence will be the ability to observe and draw reasonable inferences from the data collected, define problems, analyze the information, and provide strategies for solutions in a clearly written, well-organized paper.

2. WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMUNICATION:

Students will be able to demonstrate the interactive nature of communication involving speaking, writing, listening and reading by working in small groups to research a specific assigned vitamin, mineral or food report and then present this information to class. Evidence will be the student’s ability to make a clear, well-organized verbal presentation including visual aids and towrite a clear, well-organized summary of this information presented.

3. GLOBAL AWARENESS:

After completing this course in Nutrition, students will be able to demonstrate global awareness of nutrition, health, and environmental issues. Evidence will be the ability to analyze these issues from multiple perspectives, and to articulate an understanding of these interconnected local and global issues by formulating appropriate responses and possible solutions to these issues.

Methods of Evaluating Student Performance:

Grades will be based upon the accumulation of total points earned for the semester:

1. Reading assignments. You will be expected to read each chapter as set forth on the weekly schedule in preparation for classes and examinations.
2. Homework/Quizzes. You will be given homework or quizzes (found in your PINK PACKET) to be completed each week. The homework quizzes are to be completed following each chapter lecture and turned in the following week. ALL HOMEWORK SHOULD BE TYPEWRITTEN OR LEGIBLY PRINTED. (10 points each chapter)
3. Vitamin-Mineral-Food Report. You will be assigned a specific vitamin, mineral, or food report to present to the class during approximately week 10. You will give a 20-30 minute oral presentation, using power point,explaining the assigned vitamin/mineral/ food topic (see pg. 157-158 ofPINK PACKET for instructions). Each group member must complete the “Rate Your Group Members” (pg. 158) form. DUE: 10/23 (50 points)
4. Examinations. There will be three exams (9/25,10/23,11/13) and a FINAL exam on: 12/11 at 10:00am-12:00pm. You will need pencils, calculator, and TWO long scantrons for exams. Cell phones may not be used as calculators during examinations.
5. Student participation. Tardiness, absence, and class participation will influence your grade for this course. A separate grade will be given for participation.
6. Diet analysis assignment. There will be an assignment utilizing the Diet Analysis Plus software whereby you will analyze your diet for 3 days. DUE: 10/16. See p. 149-156 of your PINK PACKET for instructions and all forms to be completed. (100 points)
7. Final Project. You will be assigned to a group and your group will research a chronic illness and how it relates to nutrition. See instructions for this project on page 159-160 of your PINK PACKET. Each group member must complete the “Rate Your Group Members” form. The presentation will be DUE: 11/27. (100 points)
8. Credit will be given on all assignments turned in timely. Points will be deducted on assignments turned in late. Late work will not be accepted without a valid excuse.
9. IMPORTANT: The last day to turn in any unfinished "chapter quiz” homework assignments (ONLY) will be: 11/20. No late work will be accepted after this date!

Grades will be given as follows:A………………………90-100%

B………………………80-89%

C………………………70-79%

D………………………60-69%

F………………………<59%

Attendance: Regular and prompt attendance at all classes is expected of all students. All work missed by reason of absence or tardiness, regardless of the cause, must be made up to the satisfaction of the instructor. Students with excessive absences or tardiness, at the instructor’s discretion, will be dropped from this class. Always get the name of a student in this class so that you will know what you have missed if you are absent. It is your responsibility to drop a class if you are no longer attending the class. If you don’t drop the class yourself officially by November 19, which will mean drop with “W” (by internet only), you will receive an “F”!

Methods of Instruction: Lecture, discussion, videos, computer.

Students with Special Needs: If you have any health impairments that require regular medication, or any other disability or special needs that might affect your performance in class, and would like your instructor to make special accommodations, please call our campus Special Services Director at (818)364-7732 as soon as possible. They will help you arrange special accommodations for your classes.

Please Note: 1. CELL PHONES ARE NOT PERMITTED DURING CLASS. 2. The course outline is a guide and may be modified/revised to enhance learning outcomes or by events outside the control of the instructor.

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WEEKLY SCHEDULE

WEEK/DATECHAPTERS/ASSIGNMENTS

SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS

If you require special accommodations for a disability, religious holiday, or any other reason, please inform your instructor(s) within the first week of the course and we will accommodate you if at all possible. For accommodation due to disability, you must consult with the Disabled Students Programs and Services Office after which we will abide by their recommendations.

COLLEGE RESOURCES FOR LAMC STUDENTS

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Three Attempt Limit:

A new state policy in effect as of 2012 limits students to three attempts per course. Receiving a grade or a “W” for a course counts as an attempt, regardless of when the course was taken. Withdrawal by the deadline to avoid a “W” will not count as an attempt. DEADLINE for FALL, 2017 to avoid a “W” is Sunday, September 11.

Code of Honor and Integrity

Los Angeles Mission College

Students at Los Angeles Mission College, because they are members of an academic community dedicated to the achievement of excellence and the pursuit of honor, are expected to meet high standards of personal, ethical, and moral conduct. These standards require personal integrity and a commitment to honesty without compromise. Without the ability to trust in these principles, an academic community and a civil society cannot exist. Los Angeles Mission College students and faculty are as committed to the development of students with honesty and integrity as they are to the academic and professional success of its students.

The Code of Honor and Integrity is an undertaking of the students, first and foremost, both individually and collectively, that they will:

1. Not give or receive dishonorable aid during exams, quizzes or assignments

2.Do their share and take an active part in seeing to it that fellow students, as well as themselves, uphold the spirit and letter of the Code of Honor and Integrity.

Some examples of conduct that are regarded as being in violation of the Honor Code include:

• Copying from another’s examination or quiz, or allowing another to copy from one’s own papers
• Using any unpermitted source of information, human or other, during an exam, quiz or assignment that influences the grade; this includes the use of technological devices

• Any student-to-student collaboration that is unpermitted
• Plagiarism (plagiarism is defined as the use, without giving reasonable and appropriate credit to, or acknowledging the author or source, of another person's original work)
• Representing as one’s own work as the work of another
• Giving or receiving aid on an academic assignment under circumstances in which a reasonable person should have known that such aid is not permitted

As a part of the effort to promote an environment of honesty and integrity during quizzes and examinations, the following guidelines will apply for any courses in the Health/KIN department:

1. Students will leave all books and all other non-essential items (e.g. paper, electronic devices) on the floor so that they are not useable nor block the sight line between professor and student. No electronic devices will be in reach.

2.Students will not communicate in any way that will dishonorably assist themselves or another student.

3.Students will leave the room during an exam only if permitted by the professor’s policy. If permitted, only one student may leave the room at any time and be gone for only the average length of time needed for the stated purpose. Students will leave all purses, bags, books, phones, jackets, etc., in the classroom during the absence.

4. Students will promote the spirit and letter of the Code of Honesty and Integrity by dissuading fellow students from dishonest activity and, when such casual persuasion does not work, informing the professor of the possible dishonest activity, either anonymously, or otherwise.

5.Students will make every effort to avoid even the appearance of dishonesty or lack of integrity

Violation of this policy will not be tolerated and violators will be subject to severe penalties. The success of the Code of Honor and Integrity is based upon the collective desire of students, faculty and the community to live in an environment that embraces respect for that which is right – both in the college and in society as a whole.